The number of women employees in Indian Railways has been steadily rising over the last 10 years. The total constitutes 8.2 per cent of the total workforce, up from 6.6 per cent in 2014. Women are playing a bigger role in key operational jobs in the railway network. Indian Railway has 12,362 women office staff and 2,360 women supervisors. In track maintenance, a traditionally male-dominated field, 7,756 women are now working to ensure the safe running of trains. 4,446 serving as ticket checkers and 4,430 working as ‘pointsmen’ at railway stations across the country. 2,162 women are currently working as loco pilots, while 794 women have taken up the role of train managers (guards). 1,699 female station masters are stationed across India. The government has prioritized transforming Indian railways into a world-class entity, which ferries on an average 2.3 crore Indians every day from one part of the country to the other at an affordable cost, and women are playing an increasing role in this endeavour.